Shoulder-strap holder



April 7, 1925. 1,532,343

\ 1. J. POTTER SHOULDER STRAP HOLDER Filed April 19, 1924 0 7 a7 agwue-nioz Ja 02% Patented Apr. 7, 1925 .1515 ED m:

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IsABEtLnJoHNsTon POTTER, or, BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

s'H'oULnERsTRA-P HOLDER.

Appl ication fi'led'April '19, 1924. Serial No. 707,644.

1 0 (ZZZ whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, ISABELLE JOHNSTON.

This invention is for improvements-in-orrelating to devices for holdingthe shoulder straps ofunde'rclothing in position, and has for its objectthe provision of a device of-- the above character wherein the shoulderstraps are gripped together-and held in posi' tion relatively to anouter garment so as-t'oprevent the same from slippingover the end of theshoulder. a w

The invention is more particularly. described with reference tothe-accompany ing drawings, in which Fig. 1 shows in perspective oneinethod'of carrying a the invention into effect;

Fig. 2 is atop view 'of'the device illu-s trated in F igure 1;

Fig. 3 is a modification of the device illustrated in Figure 1-, 7

Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 illustrate one method of building up adevice of this character.

Referring to Figs. 4-10, there is illustrated in sections, one method ofbuilding up a device which constitutes the subjectmatter of the presentinvention. A length of strip metal a is cut to a certain predeterminedlength, and is provided with a sharpened portion Z) at one end thereof,

which portion forms the point of a safetypin. The strip metal a is firstbent so as to provide a loop 0 at the end thereof which is remote fromthe point}, as illustrated in Figure 3. The strip of metal is then bentat a point along its length so as to form a portion (Z adjacent to theloop 0 at right angles to the remaining length of the strip metalelement a. r

The bend between the limb d and the remaining portion of the element ais substantially as illustrated at m, thus ensuring, when the device isbuilt up, that shoulder straps may be easily inserted in the clip. Theportion 03 is then bent parallel to the remaining portion of the lengthof strip metal, and a right-angle bend is then made in the portion ofthe strip metal so as to situate the loop 0 at the mid-point of a length6, with the portions 03 and eparallel to one another, and the loop 0facing towards the. limb e. The remaining length of the stripmetal isthenbentparallel to theportion eiso as to lie. adjacent to the portion(landfform azlimb fiand'a right-angle bend is then made in theremainin-gportion. The free end of the strip metal is thenbentadownwardly. and forwardly, and then backwardly and upwardly, withakink g at its free end to forna a loop Z, and the free end is carriedparallelto. and adjacent with the limb f: to

forma limb h, whereupon-itis either bent backupon itself so as to form apin it, or

it is first bent into a complete. loop, and thereafter bent parallel't'othe limbs f and It so as to form the pin .of asafetyg-pin which isadapted to engage with the kink 9 formed in the forward loop -Z,hereinbefore referred to. r

It-willbe foundthat by. constructing a device. in the mannerhereinbefore described,

the limb. cl will lie adjacent to, and between, the limbs and It so thatif the safety-pin. is-se'cured in position upon anouter gar ment, anda-niumber of-shoulderstraps are. pressed-between the-limb (Z and thelimbs f and it until the same pass into the space between the limb e andthe limbs d, f, and it, the same will beheld firmly therein, andprevented from slipping over the edge of the shoulder.

Due to the loop 0, it will be observed that when it is required towithdraw the shoulder straps from the said clip, the edges of the samehave only tobe inserted under the edge of the loop 0, whereupon they maybe sprung out of the clip, when desired.

It is to be understood that although the mode of operation hereinbeforeset forth particularly describes the mode of construction as commencingwith the end of the strip metal which is remote from the sharpened endthereof, nevertheless, the operation could be started from the sharpenedend of the pin and worked backwardly in the reverse direction. Bycarrying out the steps hereinbefore set forth, a pin such as illustratedin Figs. 1 or 3 will be formed, and it will be found that the sameconstitutes a very simple and efiicient means for securing the shoulderstraps of underclothin'g in position relatively to an outer garment, andprevents the same from slipping over the shoulder.

The device hereinbefore described is simple in its construction,efficient in its operaand has the advantage over clips which merely holdthe shoulder straps together, inasmuch as it ensures that the shoulderstraps are held in a definite position relatively to an outer garment,and by so doing obviates the possibility of the shoulder straps as awhole slipping over the edge of the shoulder.

hat I claim is:

1. A garment holding device comprising means for detachably connectingit to an outer garment at the soulderof the wearer and a clip comprisinga loop into and out of which a shoulder strap may be moved, the passageinto and out of the loop having a yieldable obstruction that terminateswithin the confines of the loopand above the strapsupporting portion ofthe loop, the terminal of said obstruction extending toward suchstrzip-supporting portion of the loop and free therefrom, whereby thestrap lies between such terminal and said strapsupporting portion of theloop.

2. A garment holding device comprising means for detachably connectingit to an outer garment at the shoulder of the wearer and a clipcomprising a loop into and out of which a shoulder strap may be moved,the passage into and out ofthe loophaving a yieldable obstruction, thatterminates in a rounded end within the confines of the loop the shoulderstrap supporting portion of the loop being below said obstruction, theterminal of said obstruction extending toward such strap-supportingportion of the loop and free therefrom, whereby the strap lies betweensuch terminal and said strapsupporting portion of the loop.

3. A garment holding device comprising a safety pin and a loop toreceive a garment strap with upper and lower sides parallel with thelength of the safety pin the passage into and out of the loop beingbetween the safety pin and the loop side adjacent thereto the lower sidebeing the strap-sup porting member and the upper side termiating midwaybetween the loop ends.

l. A garment holding device comprising a safety pin and a loop toreceive a garment V strap with upper and lower sides parallel with thelength of the safety pin the passage into and out of the loop beingbetween the safety pin and the loop side adjacent thereto, said loopside terminating in a rounded end within the confines of the loop thelower side being the strap-supporting member. s V

A garment holding device comprising a safety pin and a loop parallelwith the safety pin having a movable side adjacent the side of thesafety pin, the safety pin and loop being formed from a single piece ofstrip metal one end of said strip being pointed and the other endrounded and situated Within the confines of said loop.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix my signature.

ISABELLE .ronnsror POTTER.

